Breastfeeding and developmental delay: findings from the millennium cohort study.

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OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether the duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding affects the likelihood of gross and fine motor delay in infants and examined the effect of factors that might explain any observed differences. METHODS: The study sample included all term singleton infants who weighed > 2500 g at birth and were not placed in a special care infant unit and whose mothers participated in the first survey of the Millennium Cohort Study. Missing data reduced the sample to 14660 (9...

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Authors: Sacker, A; Quigley, M; Kelly, Y

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Pediatrics
• Volume: 118
• Issue: 3
• Pages: e682-e689
• Publication date: 2006-09-01
• DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-3141
• EISSN: 1098-4275
• ISSN: 0031-4005
• Language: English
• Keywords: Child Development; Breast Feeding; Cohort Studies; Humans; Psychomotor Disorders; Male; Female; Time Factors; Social Class; Infant, Newborn; Infant; Developmental Disabilities